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weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Readers,
> A question from a curious
> traveler .  .  What might be the
> most requested Irish Pub
> songs?
>
> I don't mean this to get into a
> lengthy discussion on
> ethnomusicology--I just
> wonder:  If I were sitting in an
> Irish pub on any given night
> and the music began, what
> songs are most likely to be
> played/requested by the local
> audience

Bohemian Rhapsody usually gets the ball rolling
in my local although occasionally its
The Days of Pearly Spencer (my own personal favourite)

In article <85bj5f$1bi$1@nclient15-gui.server.virgin.net>,
  Galloping Hogan <Wh@?.wha> wrote:
>
>
> weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > Readers,
> > A question from a curious
> > traveler .  .  What might be the
> > most requested Irish Pub
> > songs?
> >
> > I don't mean this to get into a
> > lengthy discussion on
> > ethnomusicology--I just
> > wonder:  If I were sitting in an
> > Irish pub on any given night
> > and the music began, what
> > songs are most likely to be
> > played/requested by the local
> > audience
>
> Bohemian Rhapsody usually gets the ball rolling
> in my local although occasionally its
> The Days of Pearly Spencer (my own personal favourite)
>

Ahhh that sounds like a jolly happy-go-lucky establishment that you
frequent Mr Hogan.  In my local we fancy ourselves as intellectuals and
obscuratanists and we prefer taxing each others observational skills and
ability to mimic the strange and barely repeatable.

Recent favourites on our usual Saturday night "sing alongs" were:
"Whole lotta love" by Led Zeppelin and "Ride on" by the Happy Mondays.
These are generally used to get us all warmed up and then we might (if
we are feeling funky) go down the path of "connected" by the Stereo MCs
or the more 90s dance pop of "Freedom" by Gala (there is a lot of na na
na-ing which always gets us going).  This is all pretty commercial and
catholic but we are not bigots.  Then the real fun starts where we take
it in turns to form small groups and attempt more demanding musical
stunts.

Myself and three friends recently did a medley from the classic herbie
Hancock instrumental fusion funk of the 70: Head Hunters.  This went
down a treat although my lips were wrecked after all the heavy bass
bits.  Then a competeing group tried the drum solo from the third side
of Made in Japan by Deep Purple.  This was considered adventurous but a
bit dated and overlong by all concerned and two of the participants had
to go for a walk around the bar for half an hour to get the blood
circulation in their legs moving again.

One of my favourites is to do John Cage's 4minutes and 35 seconds (or
whatever it is called) and you can always hear a pin drop.  I still do
it on occasions but it gets boring of you do it too often.

We are currently resisting the trend towards ambient garage and trance
big beat house as this is very hard on the lungs after 20 minutes or so
but we will try anything.

Fr. Des



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In sermon Fr. Des did wax:
[snip]

> Ahhh that sounds like a jolly happy-go-lucky establishment that you
> frequent Mr Hogan.  In my local we fancy ourselves as intellectuals
and
> obscuratanists and we prefer taxing each others observational skills
and
> ability to mimic the strange and barely repeatable.
>
> Recent favourites on our usual Saturday night "sing alongs" were:
> "Whole lotta love" by Led Zeppelin and "Ride on" by the Happy Mondays.
> These are generally used to get us all warmed up and then we might (if
> we are feeling funky) go down the path of "connected" by the Stereo
MCs
> or the more 90s dance pop of "Freedom" by Gala (there is a lot of na
na
> na-ing which always gets us going).  This is all pretty commercial and
> catholic but we are not bigots.  Then the real fun starts where we
take
> it in turns to form small groups and attempt more demanding musical
> stunts.
>
> Myself and three friends recently did a medley from the classic herbie
> Hancock instrumental fusion funk of the 70: Head Hunters.  This went
> down a treat although my lips were wrecked after all the heavy bass
> bits.  Then a competeing group tried the drum solo from the third side
> of Made in Japan by Deep Purple.  This was considered adventurous but
a
> bit dated and overlong by all concerned and two of the participants
had
> to go for a walk around the bar for half an hour to get the blood
> circulation in their legs moving again.
>
> One of my favourites is to do John Cage's 4minutes and 35 seconds (or
> whatever it is called) and you can always hear a pin drop.  I still do
> it on occasions but it gets boring of you do it too often.
>
> We are currently resisting the trend towards ambient garage and trance
> big beat house as this is very hard on the lungs after 20 minutes or
so
> but we will try anything.
>
> Fr. Des
>
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> Before you buy.
>

ROTFLMAO

The tears are getting into me keyboard. That has brightened another
shite Monday.

Ta Des!
--
Si
"Bog Snorkler Extrodinaire"


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weaverba@my-deja.com wrote in message <85avfn$s89$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>If I were sitting in an
>Irish pub on any given night
>and the music began, what
>songs are most likely to be
>played/requested by the local
>audience (READ:  not the
>tourists ).

"Living next door to Alice" by Smokie.

Cheers
Tommy Murphy
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On Sun, 09 Jan 2000 21:44:27 GMT, weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:

>Readers,
>A question from a curious
>traveler .  .  What might be the
>most requested Irish Pub
>songs?
Free Bird

konouck wrote:
>
> On Sun, 09 Jan 2000 21:44:27 GMT, weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Readers,
> > A question from a curious traveler. What might be the
> > most requested Irish Pub songs?
>
> Free Bird

Country roads....

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Christian Schneider <cschneid@informatik.uni-essen.de> wrote:

> konouck wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 09 Jan 2000 21:44:27 GMT, weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > Readers,
> > > A question from a curious traveler. What might be the
> > > most requested Irish Pub songs?
> >
> > Free Bird
>
> Country roads....

American Pie

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Fr. Des wrote:
> 
> In my local we fancy ourselves as intellectuals and
> obscuratanists and we prefer taxing each others observational skills and
> ability to mimic the strange and barely repeatable.
[snipped]

Ah, you're a wonderfully twisted soul, Des.

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Hauld yer whist and give us another Guiness, I think is what I've heard
most often....

Christian Schneider wrote:

> konouck wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 09 Jan 2000 21:44:27 GMT, weaverba@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > Readers,
> > > A question from a curious traveler. What might be the
> > > most requested Irish Pub songs?
> >
> > Free Bird
>
> Country roads....
>
> --
>
> Christian Schneider
> cschneid@informatik.uni-essen.de